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The Most Interesting People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 22720 words. Language: English. Published on November 27, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

A sample: Jimmy Piersall was an amazing center fielder who could both make seemingly impossible catches and rifle the baseball to home plate. Manager Casey Stengel was once asked if his team would run on Mr. Piersall. Mr. Stengel replied, “Oh, sure. We’ll run on him—every time somebody hits the ball over the center-field fence.”
Nelson Mandela’s Poetic Biography: How to Live Before You Die - Experience Leadership Academy, Best Business Quotes and Freedom Struggle    by UrbaneBooksPublishing
Price: $9.99 USD. 6380 words. Language: English. Published on November 26, 2011. Nonfiction » History » Africa.

"Nelson Mandela’s Poetic Biography: How to Live Before You Die - Experience Leadership Academy, Best Business Quotes and Freedom Struggle" is an ebook about Nelson Mandela's remarkable life and commitment to the Freedom struggle. This ebook was written to introduce
The Most Interesting People Who Live Life: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 23450 words. Language: English. Published on November 26, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

A sample: Nancy Cartwright, the voice of TV’s Bart Simpson, owns these vanity license plates: ELBARTO and DNTHVCW (short for Don’t Have a Cow). Before she could afford to buy good cars, she owned a 1968 Opel Kadette, paying $350 for it although it could barely go 45 mph. Because people got so angry at how slowly she drove, she put this bumper sticker on it: “It’s floored.”
The Funniest People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 22480 words. Language: English. Published on November 26, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

A sample: Groucho Marx once asked Melinda, his little daughter, what she did at nursery school. She replied, “Oh, Daddy, all we do is paint and go to the toilet.” Groucho called this “the most accurate description of a nursery school that’s ever been uttered.”
The Funniest People in Families: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 22010 words. Language: English. Published on November 26, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

A sample: While Eve Arden, famous especially for her radio and TV lead character in "Our Miss Brooks," was having labor pains for her son (Douglas), she ran into one small problem—nurses in the pre-labor room kept asking her for her autograph.
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 24730 words. Language: English. Published on November 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Biography.

A sample: Bob Rafsky suffered from AIDS, and he was an activist for AIDS research. One day, he went to a Japanese pharmaceuticals company to ask why research was being delayed on a promising new drug. To make a point, he rolled the leg of his pants up, and then showed the executives a lesion-covered leg. (Some anecdotes are thought provoking rather than funny.)
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 29450 words. Language: English. Published on November 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Biography.

A sample: Activist Abbie Hoffman was under constant surveillance by government agents for five years. He handled this situation well—when he needed to go somewhere, he used to hitchhike and get a ride with the agents who were trailing him.
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 27140 words. Language: English. Published on November 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Biography.

A sample: Australians know how to engage in activism. When the Australian prime minister would not apologize to Aborigine peoples because of the removal of Aboriginal children from their homes, 250,000 people in Sydney walked on the Sydney Harbour bridge on May 28, 2000, and a plane above the bridge skywrote the word “Sorry.”
Daniel A Tale of Courage and Determination, of Love and Loss    by Vicky Adin
Price: $3.99 USD. 84150 words. Language: English. Published on November 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

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A vivid, attention-grabbing insight into the everyday lives of pioneering New Zealanders, Daniel makes history come alive! A powerful and moving narrative traces Daniel Adin through the generations, from 1863 until his death in 1926. The story alternates between real-life events as they happen to Daniel and following Libby, the modern-day researcher, as she seeks his true story.
The Funniest People in Relationships: 250 Anecdotes    by David Bruce
Price: $1.00 USD. 22640 words. Language: English. Published on November 24, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography.

A sample: Some happily married heterosexual men like to dress like women. One way to get the proper female frontal development is for the man to wear a mastectomy bra. Many wives have ordered a mastectomy bra and been treated so nicely by the sales staff over the telephone that they have been tempted to say, “Don’t worry. I don’t have breast cancer. My husband just likes to wear a bra.”